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analgesic — (adj.) tending to remove pain, 1848, from ANALGESIA (Cf. analgesia) + IC (Cf. ic). Alternative form analgetic is preferred by linguistic purists but is less common in use. The noun meaning an analgesic preparation recorded by 1860 … Etymology dictionary

Analgesic — An al*ge sic, a. [NL., fr. Gr. analghsi a; an priv. + a lghsis sense of pain.] (Med.) serving to reduce the sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness. [PJC] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Analgesic — An al*ge sic, n. [NL., fr. Gr. analghsi a; an priv. + a lghsis sense of pain.] (Med.) a medication which serves to reduce the sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness. Aspirin and acetaminophen (Tylenol) are commonly used non… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Analgesic — Painkiller redirects here. For other uses, see Painkiller (disambiguation). An analgesic (also known as a painkiller) is any member of the group of drugs used to relieve pain (achieve analgesia). The word analgesic derives from Greek an ( without … Wikipedia